Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ400209
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1989
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Patterns and Economic Effects of Drug Overdose Mortality in Texas: 1980-1986.
Harlow, Kirk C.; Swint, J. Michael
Journal of Drug Education, v19 n2 p165-82 1989
Explored drug overdose mortality and its economic consequences through examination of Texas mortality data from 1980-86. Compared crude mortality rates across 10 drug categories. Found drug overdose mortality costs had more than doubled over 6-year period. Found men had greater illicit drug overdose risk than women; women had greater prescribed drug overdose risk than men. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Adults, Death, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Illegal Drug Use, Marijuana, Mortality Rate, Narcotics, Sedatives, Sex Differences, Stimulants
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
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